Farm-gate.



l. BARKER.

FARM GATE.

APPUCATIUN HLED AUG. 17, 1914. 1,168,589, Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

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OLUMBIA PLANouRAPH 50., WASHINGTON. D. c.

like or corresponding IRVING BARKER, or SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

FARM-earn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' atented Jan. 18,1tl3i56,

Application filed August 17, 1914. Serial N 0. 857,261.

To all whom it may; concern:

Be it known that I, IRVING BARKER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at S arm field 111 the count of San amon and PD 9 b 1 State of Illinois, have invented the new and useful Improvements in Farm-Gates, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in farm gates, and comprises new and useful. means for hanging a farm gate, wherein provision is made for compensating for sag in a gate or gate post.

Another important feature of the invention lies in the peculiar design of the gate, which provides a strong light construction,

easy to handle, and inexpensive of manufac.

ture.

lVith the above and other objects in view, my invention comprises the peculiar construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the annexed drawings, and pointed out more specifically in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein a preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated, like reference characters refer o parts throughout the several views.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my gate. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the adjustment device for compensating forsag of the gate or post. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the upper hanger.

Referring now to the drawings, numeral 1 designates a gate post provided with spaced apart hooks 2, to which my gate is hung. The gate comprises two upright end pieces I, and a central upright 6, to which are bolted parallel stringers 5, numerals 8 designating angular braces extending diagonally upward from the lower corners of the gate inward to the central upright. Uprights 7 are positioned above and below braces S, and are spaced on eachside of the central upright.

I prefer to extend the end piece 4 nearest the gate post upward above the top of the gate, and on the upper end of that end piece, I provide an inverted U-shaped strap 9 bolted to the end piece. An eye-rod 10 passes through the loop thus formed, and the eye engages upper hook 2 on the gate post. A screw eye 11 carried by the lower corner of the gate likewise engages the lower hook 2 of the post. Eye-rod 10 passes diagonally downward above the gate to engage a swinging adjusting link 15 pivoted at its lower end to the second highest stringer 5 of the gate. A series of adjusting holes 16 are provided in the upper stringer, and a pin 17 provided behind the link to engage selectively in the holes 16.

It will be readily seen that the means of adjustmentshown will readily compensate for sag in the gate or post. Should the post lean, the swinging link 15 may be rotatedabout its pivoted lower end, and a new adjusting hole 16 on the upper stringer engaged by pin 17. The entire gate will thus be raised or lowered at the outer end. This construction also makes it possible for the operator to lift the outer end of the gate over obstructions when opening or closing the gate, the link allowing the raising of the gate but insuring the return of the gate to the normal adjusted position.

From the foregoing descriptiom'it will be seen that my invention provides a. novel form of construction for a farm gate, wherein is provided effective means for adjusting the gate to compensate for sag therein, or for taking up the sag when the gate post leans from a perpendicular position.

While I have herein described and illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited strictly to the details shown, as it is obvious that the arrangement and construction may bevaried in many ways, without departing from the import of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a farm gate, the combination with a gateframeqvork, of a hanger for the gate comprising spaced apart hooks carried by a gate post, an eye-bolt carriedby the gate 2. In a farmgate, the combination with the gate frame work comprising-parallel stringers, of hanger means for the gate crinprising spaced apart hooks carried bythe gate post. an eye-bolt carried by the gate and engaged to the lowermost of said hooks,

an eye-rod engaged to the uppermost of the stringer, and the upper end of the link piv hooks and extending diagonally to the cenoted to the inner end of the eye-rod, sub- 10 ter of the ate, a link pivoted at its lower stantially as described. end to the second strin er on the ate the a V y upper stringer provided with afiljueting IRVING BARKER holes therethrough, a removable pin engage Witnesses:

mg the rear slde of the hnk andadapted to LEO MATTHEUS, engage ,selectlvely 1n the holes 1n the upper MARGARET ESSLINGER.

' Copiespf this patent may be obtained for fiveeents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

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